Canadian Skyline Thread III

[ScreamingViking]

We do have many gorgeous cities in this country.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

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I got lost driving with my family through that cemetery on Halloween once about a decade ago. It was right out of a horror movie with people dressed as ghouls wandering around the grounds.

[Martin Mtl]

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[Pavlov]

Random recent CGY photo that I found:

[J.OT13]

Great Calgary shot. The beltline gets lost behind the bulky CBD. This high angle shows how dense that area really is.

[Coldrsx]

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/photobro2020

Longueuil looking positively Eastern bloc in that shot. Wow!



Makes Montreal's updated skyline look even nicer by contrast.

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Great Calgary shot. The beltline gets lost behind the bulky CBD. This high angle shows how dense that area really is.

Beltline has really exploded. Not surprising our new tallest proposal is destined for there instead of the CBD.

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Longueuil looking positively Eastern bloc in that shot. Wow!



Makes Montreal's updated skyline look even nicer by contrast.

Definitely makes it look even beefier and more megacity-like to see another highrise cluster right in the foreground. That's one of the few flexes that's common in Toronto and Vancouver that Montreal can't usually match.

[MonkeyRonin]

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https://molloyvanwert.com/

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Longueuil looking positively Eastern bloc in that shot. Wow!

Makes Montreal's updated skyline look even nicer by contrast.

Longueil has one decently modern looking building, but what's with that mega mechanical penthouse? They could have made an effort to conceal it.

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Beltline has really exploded. Not surprising our new tallest proposal is destined for there instead of the CBD.

For a sec I was wondering what that proposal was, then I remembered (cheated with Wikipedia mid you) the twins across the tracks from the BMO Centre.

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

Definitely makes it look even beefier and more megacity-like to see another highrise cluster right in the foreground. That's one of the few flexes that's common in Toronto and Vancouver that Montreal can't usually match.

Yeah, it's weird how Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and Kitchener-Waterloo are the only cities with multiple prominent clusters outside the core, while Montreal, Calgary and Edmonton cluster is mostly just downtown and immediate neighbouring areas. I'd argue Quebec City has more of that than Montreal, possibly because the core is more protected from height.

EDIT - Every Ontario city of a certain size, and a lot of cities elsewhere in Canada, have "towers in a park(ing lot)" clusters, but that's not quite the same.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/photobro2020

Montreal looks better than ever, while Longueuil keeps getting fuglier by the hour.

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Montreal looks better than ever, while Longueuil keeps getting fuglier by the hour.

I actually think the newest additions to Longueuil's skyline have helped it a great deal. Not only does it look like an actual skyline but the older 70's slabs are less prominent.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

I actually think the newest additions to Longueuil's skyline have helped it a great deal. Not only does it look like an actual skyline but the older 70's slabs are less prominent.

I agree. Not just towers in a park that every city has, but an actual skyline cluster.

Sidenote, I'm seeing a very Seattle Kraken "S" in there. Who can sue who?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Kraken

[jc_yyc_ca]

Originally Posted by O-tacular

Beltline has really exploded. Not surprising our new tallest proposal is destined for there instead of the CBD.

Still some more density coming with 4 highrises still early into construction and two more ready to start construction.

[jc_yyc_ca]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Yeah, it's weird how Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and Kitchener-Waterloo are the only cities with multiple prominent clusters outside the core, while Montreal, Calgary and Edmonton cluster is mostly just downtown and immediate neighbouring areas. I'd argue Quebec City has more of that than Montreal, possibly because the core is more protected from height.

EDIT - Every Ontario city of a certain size, and a lot of cities elsewhere in Canada, have towers in a park clusters, but that's not quite the same.

Calgary's highrise build over the city as a whole is a weird one and of the main 6 metros, it's the least vertical outside of the core. 25 years ago it was a dense cluster of office highrises directly in the CBD with only a half dozen residential high-rises that were built in around the CBD in the 70's. The rest of the city was almost exclusively SFH's, and a few low-rises.

Some highrise nodes outside of the core are slowly starting to appear, but it's been a slow evolution. Outside of the core, 6 storey low rises are the main choice for developers.

[Calgarian]

Originally Posted by jc_yyc_ca

Calgary's highrise build over the city as a whole is a weird one and of the main 6 metros, it's the least vertical outside of the core. 25 years ago it was a dense cluster of office highrises directly in the CBD with only a half dozen residential high-rises that were built in around the CBD in the 70's. The rest of the city was almost exclusively SFH's, and a few low-rises.

Some highrise nodes outside of the core are slowly starting to appear, but it's been a slow evolution. Outside of the core, 6 storey low rises are the main choice for developers.

Lots of proposals for highrises in the burbs these days though. Not sure how many will actually happen as the communities fight them like their existence depends on it lol.

[vanatox]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Yeah, it's weird how Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and Kitchener-Waterloo are the only cities with multiple prominent clusters outside the core, while Montreal, Calgary and Edmonton cluster is mostly just downtown and immediate neighbouring areas. I'd argue Quebec City has more of that than Montreal, possibly because the core is more protected from height.

EDIT - Every Ontario city of a certain size, and a lot of cities elsewhere in Canada, have "towers in a park(ing lot)" clusters, but that's not quite the same.

While not at the same level than Toronto or Vancouver, there are certainly multiple clusters of towers in Montreal. On the island there are multiple clusters of highrises. Many highrises can be found on the other side of Mount Royal, along the highways, in the east, etc. Brossard has two major clusters, there is also downtown Longueuil, Nuns Island, Laval has multiple clusters of towers. Multiple highrises are being built in Mirabel, Terrebonne and Repentigny are/have been building 30+ story buidings, etc.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by vanatox

While not at the same level than Toronto or Vancouver, there are certainly multiple clusters of towers in Montreal. On the island there are multiple clusters of highrises. Many highrises can be found on the other side of Mount Royal, along the highways, in the east, etc. Brossard has two major clusters, there is also downtown Longueuil, Nuns Island, Laval has multiple clusters of towers. Multiple highrises are being built in Mirabel, Terrebonne and Repentigny are/have been building 30+ story buidings, etc.

Hoping the REM spurs new clusters, because the Metro somehow had limited effect (which is a good thing in some cases).

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by vanatox

While not at the same level than Toronto or Vancouver, there are certainly multiple clusters of towers in Montreal. On the island there are multiple clusters of highrises. Many highrises can be found on the other side of Mount Royal, along the highways, in the east, etc. Brossard has two major clusters, there is also downtown Longueuil, Nuns Island, Laval has multiple clusters of towers. Multiple highrises are being built in Mirabel, Terrebonne and Repentigny are/have been building 30+ story buidings, etc.

True. On my way back home from Trois-Rivieres last week, I was STUNNED to see a pretty impressive new cluster in Terrebonne. I mean I knew about it via Agoramtl but I had yet to see it with my own eyes. It doesn't look like Vienna or anything, but it's impressive.

Brossard now has a massive new cluster at the REM, along with the riverside one it already had. Brossard will soon have a third cluster with towers up to 40 floors at Panama. Longueuil now has a legit skyline, and Nun's Island has two separate clusters. Vaudreuil has one too now, and sure Laval has a bunch of small ones. So yes, Montreal has a number of off-island suburban clusters, OF COURSE, none of them are anywhere near the one's in suburban Vancouver and TO. Those are monsters.